Read More News Space 3 months ago Sun Shoots Four Major Flares — New Space Weather Alert The Sun produced four X-class flares from sunspot group RGN 4366 on February 1–2, including an X8.1 blast. NOAA and NASA say further energetic activity and possible CMEs remain possible.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Astronomers Find First Six-Member Sulfur Ring in Space Astronomers detected thiepine (C6H6S), a six-membered sulfur ring, in a Milky Way molecular cloud—bridging interstellar chemistry and organic compounds seen in meteorites and comets.
Read More News Space 4 months ago James Webb Reveals Helix Nebula's Intricate Final Act James Webb’s new near-infrared image of the Helix Nebula unveils intricate comet-like knots and dust structures, revealing how dying sunlike stars recycle carbon, oxygen and nitrogen into the galaxy.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Radio Echoes Unveil a Star’s Final Years Before Death Astronomers detected the first radio emission from a Type Ibn supernova, revealing intense mass loss in the star's final years likely driven by a binary companion. Radio observations now offer a new window on stellar death.
Read More News Space 4 months ago A 44‑Minute Beacon: Strange Pulses in Radio and X‑Rays ASKAP J1832-0911 emits coordinated radio and X‑ray pulses every 44 minutes. This rare long‑period transient challenges existing models and highlights the power of simultaneous multiwavelength observations.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Mercury's Bright Streaks Reveal Surprising Geologic Life New analysis of hundreds of bright streaks on Mercury suggests active, recent geological processes: volatile-driven flows on sunlit crater slopes point to ongoing change beneath the planet’s surface.
Read More News Space 4 months ago If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hits the Moon: Science vs Risk Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a ~4% chance of striking the Moon on Dec 22, 2032. The impact would create a ~1 km crater, trigger a magnitude 5 moonquake, produce debris that could reach Earth, and threaten satellites.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Superionic Water: Hot, Black Ice Driving Neptune's Magnetism Laboratory experiments recreate superionic water—hot, black ice with mobile protons—and reveal a messy, mixed crystal lattice. New results help explain Neptune and Uranus's unusual magnetic fields and change how we model ice-giant interiors.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Artemis II: NASA Returns to Lunar Orbit After 50 Years Artemis II will send astronauts into lunar orbit for the first time in over 50 years. This article explains mission goals, technology like SLS and Orion, program context, timelines, and the role of international partnerships.
Read More News Space 4 months ago JWST Zooms into the Helix Nebula: Inside the Eye Up Close JWST's NIRCam has captured an unprecedented infrared close‑up of the Helix Nebula, revealing thousands of cometary knots and new details about how Sun‑like stars die and seed the galaxy.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Seismic Sensors Track Sonic Booms from Space Junk Reentries Seismic networks can detect sonic booms from reentering space debris. Analysis of the Shenzhou‑15 module shows seismoacoustic methods can reconstruct speed, altitude, fragmentation and likely fall zones.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Cloud-9: Dark-Matter Relic of a Failed Galaxy Near M94 Cloud-9, a starless hydrogen cloud near M94, may be a dark-matter–dominated relic (RELHIC). Deep radio and Hubble observations suggest a massive dark halo with little to no stars, shedding light on failed galaxy formation.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Dead Star Awakens: IXPE Reveals White Dwarf Drama Now IXPE used X-ray polarimetry to map EX Hydrae's accretion column around a white dwarf, estimating a ~2,000-mile column height and revealing how magnetism and gravity shape high-energy emission.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Impossibly Hot Cluster Found 1.4 Gyr After Big Bang ALMA observations of galaxy cluster SPT2349-56, seen 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, reveal intracluster gas far hotter than models predict — pointing to early, powerful black-hole feedback.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Researchers Tracked a Superactive Solar Region 94 Days By combining Solar Orbiter and SDO data, scientists tracked superactive region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, mapping its magnetic evolution and linking complexity to major geomagnetic storms that affected Earth.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Quiet Depths: Could Europa’s Ocean Be Lifeless Today? New research argues Europa's subsurface ocean may lack the seafloor activity needed to power life. Models suggest weak tidal heating and a cooled interior could leave the seafloor geologically quiet today.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Earth's Magnetic Field Funnels Atmosphere to the Moon New research shows Earth's magnetic field can guide charged atmospheric particles along field lines to the Moon. Lunar soil may record Earth's atmospheric history and offer usable volatiles for future explorers.
Read More News Space 4 months ago Black Hole Twists Spacetime: Evidence for Frame-Dragging Astronomers observed a tidal disruption event (AT2020afhd) where a spinning black hole twisted spacetime, producing a 20-day wobble in both the accretion disk and relativistic jet — direct evidence of frame-dragging.
Read More News Space 4 months ago January's Rare Wolf Supermoon: A Triple Brightness Boost The Wolf Supermoon on 3 January 2026 will be brighter and slightly larger than usual due to lunar perigee, Earth's perihelion, and clearer winter skies—making this a rare triple-boost lunar event.
Read More News Space 5 months ago Webb Finds Thick Atmosphere on Scorching Super-Earth JWST NIRSpec observations indicate the ultra-hot super-Earth TOI-561 b retains a thick, volatile-rich atmosphere above a global magma ocean, challenging models of atmospheric loss on small, irradiated planets.
